Exogenous substances such as the appetite suppressant fenfluramine are known to be causally related to the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In these cases, the clinical course as well as the pulmonary vascular disease pathologically is indistinguishable from idiopathic PAH. Other exogenous substances, such as amphetamines, cocaine, and meta-amphetamines, have been considere...

background: the association between snacking patterns, sleep hours, and physical activity with growth status and appetite of preschool children was investigated. methods: sixty three children aged 3-7 years with low appetite and weight for age ratio below the 25th percentile were enrolled from those referring to nader kazemi polyclinic in shiraz. information regarding the parents’ education, sl...

BACKGROUND Adipose tissue patterning has a major influence on the risk of developing chronic disease. Environmental influences on both body fat patterning and appetite regulation are not fully understood. This study was performed to investigate the impact of resistant starch (RS) on adipose tissue deposition and central regulation of appetite in mice. METHODOLOGY AND PRINCIPLE FINDINGS Forty ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW There has been continued interest in the physiological, nutritional and clinical aspects of low-carbohydrate diets. This review will discuss the effects on appetite regulation, metabolic parameters, body weight and body composition, the role of glycemic index and glycemic load, as well as long-term outcomes. RECENT FINDINGS Low-carbohydrate, high-protein diets appear to impr...

This paper examines how ownership structure interacts with monetary policy in shaping financial intermediaries' appetite for risk. By constructing a large panel of banks across Western Europe, we provide evidence that differences bank influence the transmission via risk-taking channel. While shareholder actively adjust riskiness their portfolios to changes interest rates, stakeholder appear be ...

OBJECTIVE Sleeping disorders are common among Haemodialysis-HD patients. In addition to well-known factors, food consumption impact on sleep quality needs being discovered. Aim was to examine the nutrition-related factors that may influence sleep quality in HD patients. METHODS One hundred and three patients in three HD centres participated. Data were collected with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality I...

fructose consumption has increased dramatically in the last 40 years, and its role in the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome has been implicated by many studies. it is most often encountered in the diet as sucrose (glucose and fructose) or high-fructose corn syrup (55% fructose). at high levels, dietary exposure to fructose triggers a series of metabolic changes originating in the liver, le...

Engineering risk methods and tools account for and make decisions about risk using an expected-value approach. Psychological research has shown that stakeholders and decision makers hold domain-specific risk attitudes that often vary between individuals and between enterprises. Moreover, certain companies and industries (e.g., the nuclear power industry and aerospace corporations) are very risk...

We develop new measures of time-varying risk aversion and economic uncertainty that can be calculated from observable financial information at high frequencies. Our approach has four important elements. First, we formulate a dynamic no-arbitrage asset pricing model that consistently prices all assets under assumptions regarding the joint dynamics among asset-specific cash flow dynamics, macroec...